Where does “汝” come from?

汝 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 己, from Middle Chinese 己.

汝 (Japanese): second-person singular pronoun: you, thou;...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular pronoun: you, thou;...

Ancestry of “汝”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese己reflexive pronoun: oneself; first-person pronoun:...
2Middle Chinese己—

Words derived from “汝”

Every word from Middle Chinese 己 →Every word from Japanese 己 →